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Missy is back again with Kat Overland to discuss even more about Scott Pilgrim! What’s up with the “red flag” association? Is Ramona a manic pixie dream girl? What are all these pop culture references accomplishing? Let’s get into it!
Notes: We continued to have a lot to say, so, uh, Missy’s going to try to cut down on the outline length for future episodes. Enjoy this supersized episode!
Some Sources You Might Find Interesting:
Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Texts: Adaptation, Form, and Transmedia Co-creation (in Comics and Pop Culture) by John Bodner
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Vs. Neo-Platonic Romance by Tracy Runanin-Telle
Scott Pilgrim was never the guy the movie made him out to be by Zach Rabiroff
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World by Abigail Nussbaum
An Innocent at Home: Scott Pilgrim and His Canadian Multicultural Contexts by Brenna Clarke Gray and Peter Wilkins
Scott Pilgrim vs. Hegemony: Nostalgia, Remediation, and Heteronormativity by Ryan Lizardi
Scott Pilgrim vs. MANGAMAN: Two Approaches to the Negotiation of Cultural Difference by Aaron Pedinotti
Scott Pilgrim vs. the Megacity by Chester N. Scoville
Leading into the Franchise. Remediation as (Simulated) Transmedia World. The Case of SCOTT PILGRIM by Johannes Fehrle
Game (Not) Over: Video-Game Pastiche and Nostalgic Disavowals in the Postcinematic Era (in Flickers of Film) by Jason Sperb
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2 replies on “Episode 198 – Scott Pilgrim, Part 2 with Kat Overland”
Matthew Patel isn’t portrayed as “sexually threatening”? One begs to differ. Just look at the scene of volume 1 in which he is shown to spy on Ramona from behind a tree looking quite menacing and then kisses her while his face holds an angry/ demented facial expression and a posse of jealous white jocks look on in anger. Will point out that this exact scene is described and used as evidence in the relevant essay that is quoted in this episode and linked to above (the one by A. Pendinontti). This description occurs on the very same page of the essay as the paragraph quoted in the episode in fact. As someone who felt pretty offended by this scene when I first read it, have to say it kind of irks me to hear its significance downplayed here.
I think that’s a totally fair interpretation! I just took another look at the scene and I can see why someone might read it that way, but it struck me as a mixture of the emo-ish style for Matthew Patel (the heavy eyeliner) and the art style itself, especially because Patel is the first of the “evil” exes we encounter. I don’t want to downplay the intent or reception, but on reading and watching I never viewed him as more threatening, sexually or otherwise, than the other exes, but looking at those panels I can see why they can be read that way!